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A bout of “dumpster diving” was one of the first priorities for a Marlborough Winery Waste group established in June 2018, says Bridget Ennals.
Jane Forrest Waghorn speaks to Sophie Preece about an unexpected family business.
There’s new evidence that hemp growing amid grapevines may boost the diversity of native yeasts in the resulting wines.
The soil food web can be thought of as the soil biome.
Large and small companies are seeking strategies to reduce their water use and impact on the environment and to mitigate risk in drought years.
There’s been something of a makeover in New Zealand vineyards in recent years, as the clean-cut look of sprayed rows and boundaries loses a little gloss.
Having soil as a sustainability focus for New Zealand wine is “justified, deserved and probably overdue”, says James Dicey of Grape Vision in Central Otago.
A major New Zealand wine company is digging into regenerative agriculture, with the launch of an 8-hectare vineyard trial in Marlborough.
Native plantings trialled under Villa Maria vines have yielded good results, despite dry conditions and destructive rabbits.
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Harvest is a family affair at Domaine Thomson.
Becoming Neudorf’s General Manager two weeks before the Covid-19 lockdown seems like “a pretty good hospital pass”, says Todd Stevens, acknowledging a few grey hairs from vintage 2020.
Kate Radburnd’s remarkable contribution to New Zealand wine.
Juggling time, handling social isolation, and anxiety about the future, were common themes in a company-wide survey run by Lion New Zealand last month.
